TOKYO: Election campaigning began in earnest in Japan on Tuesday with conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, aiming to shake off suspected cronyism scandals and repulse the challenge from an upstart new party to…

Minister highlights significance of speedy trial of terrorists Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday contacted more parliamentary leaders to cajole their support for a unanimous approval for extension to the military courts.…

Adviser to the Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui on Thursday said that any policy regarding the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) would be made after consultation with all…

Religious group Hamas has banned public New Year’s Eve parties in the Gaza Strip because they offend the territory’s “values and religious traditions”, police said on Wednesday. “The interior ministry and police…

Major political parties have called for more political, fiscal and administrative autonomy to the provinces. Representatives from PPP, PML-N, PTI, MQM, ANP, PKMAP, NP, JI and PMLQ expressed their views in a…

Sources say PTI had proposed sending PM on a month’s leave and formation of a high-powered judicial commission to probe alleged poll rigging The government and the two protesting parties, the Pakistan…

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the government will take on board all political parties for political stability and development in Balochistan. He was talking to Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik…

Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday for the first time shared features of the government’s proposed National Security Policy, stating that the government would soon take leadership of all…